Biography

Mr. Wittrup currently works as the Vice-President Environmental and Regulatory Affairs for the Clifton Engineering Group where he serves as a senior environmental and regulatory adviser to project teams, providing strategic advice, regulatory risk management, and senior technical review. Mark’s current work includes a Saskatchewan irrigation project, a Saskatchewan uranium mining project, a BC LNG project, and infrastructure projects involving rail and road. With over 40 years associated with the mining industry and almost 40 years’ environmental and regulatory management experience in private industry, government and consulting, Mark has specialized in the environmental/regulatory aspects of resource extraction. This includes experience in environmental assessment and EA reform, federal and provincial legislation, results-based regulatory frameworks (e.g. Saskatchewan Environmental Code), environmental management and regulatory affairs, Indigenous and stakeholder engagement, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, and recently, the practical implementation of ESG in mining. This experience supports Mark’s role as an NI 43-101 Qualified Person for the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of major mining projects and has reinforced his understanding of the value of managed systems in risk reduction. Mr. Wittrup has an Honours Bachelor of Science, Geology from Lakehead University and a Master of Science, Geology, from the University of Saskatchewan. He is a registered professional engineer in the four western provinces and the Yukon, as well as a professional geologist in Saskatchewan and Wyoming. Mark is also a Certified Management Consultant. Much of his career has been spent on uranium mining and nuclear projects, and his work has spanned the globe with projects across Canada and the United States as well as Greenland, Australia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.